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The 2014 Portland Street Fair Guide: When your neighborhoods will close streets and celebrate

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The Mississippi Street Fair has attracted more than 30,000 attendees, making it Portland's largest neighborhood street fair. It's an appropriate kick-off to the city's street fair season.
(Ross William Hamilton/The Oregonian)

Portland is a city of neighborhoods – a fact that's flaunted each summer as those neighborhoods take turns closing off their streets to traffic, filling them instead with music, art, food and goods from local businesses.

The neighborhood street fair season will kick off July 12 at the Mississippi Street Fair, starting a stretch of fairs in each of the five quadrants of Portland, ending with Fun on Foster at the tail end of summer.

Here's your guide to which neighborhoods are celebrating, when they'll be doing it, and what will be going on in the 2014 Portland street fair season. (Let me know if you don't see your neighborhood fair on the list and I'll make sure to add it.)

Mississippi Street FairJuly 12 – North

The 13th Mississippi Street Fair kicks off the season, running down N. Mississippi from Fremont to Skidmore, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Don't miss the biggest street fair in Portland.

Division/Clinton Street FairJuly 26 – Southeast

The Division/Clinton parade starts at 10:45 a.m., led by Bloco Alegria and LoveBomb Go-Go. Vendors will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and live music will run from 2 to 10.

Lents Street FairJuly 27– Southeast

The Lents Street Fair is back after a brief hiatus, closing down S.E. 91st from Foster to Reedway for a Founders Day Parade, folk and brass music, German beer from a forthcoming brewpub and an appearance from the Belmont Goats.

Fremont FestAugust 2 – Northeast

The annual Fremont Fest will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., from 42nd to 52nd on N.E. Fremont. The event features a kids' parade, live music, vendors and a pub crawl.

Alberta Street FairAugust 9 – Northeast

Expect the eclectic at the 17th Alberta Street Fair, going on from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. along the N.E. Portland street. You'll find music, art and who knows what else.

Hawthorne Street FairAugust 17 – Southeast

The longest running street fair in Portland, the Hawthorne Street Fair boasts vendors, music and activities all along the southeast street, primarily from 12th to 51st.

Multnomah Village DaysAugust 16 – Southwest

Multnomah Village Days celebrates "the village in the heart of Portland" with a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. street fair at S.W. 35th Ave. and Capitol Hwy.

Belmont Street FairSeptember 13 – Southeast

The Belmont Street Fair stretches into the last wisps of summer, running from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with some of the best music, art and food in the southeast.

Foster-Powell FairSeptember TBA – Southeast

Fun on Foster takes place at the end of September, closing out Portland's street fair season. The event typically runs between 49th and 82nd on S.E. Foster Rd.